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General Links


The following links are good websites to use to practice various grammar lessons:
a4esl grammar quizzes

Listening selections with quizzes for various levels can be found at
Randall's Cyber Listening Lab



For the Final Exam, use the quizlet on Poetry Categories and the one on Figures of Speech to study.

Following the test, please listen to the presentation and fill in the blanks of the page provided. Then hand it in.

Use this quizlet to study Dramatic Terms


Read and use Google translate or Rewordify to help you.

Subject Verb Agreement
Watch this video on Subject Verb agreement for a simple explanation.

Learn new vocabulary about Terry Fox using The Long Road and Terry the movie



Unit 1 Review

You will need to be able to make inferences given a new reading selection.
Review the Vocabulary p123
Be able to find main ideas in a paragraph and know the meanings of prefixes and suffixes pps 19, 20 44.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Study the Vocabulary Full Set for the test. Be ready to write sentences with them, too.

Remembrance Day and In Flanders Fields

Study the vocabulary of Remembrance Day and In Flanders Fields using the quizlet. Be prepared for a quiz.

Figures of Speech

Follow the link to Figures of Speech quizlet to practice these terms.


Greetings

Practice greetings by Matching Greetings in a conversation.
Use this quizlet to review Greetings Small Talk and Goodbye

Terry Fox

Study the quizlet for Terry Fox by Terry Barber

Work and You

To find the meaning of bold faced words use Easy Reading Dictionary
You can also learn about different jobs at Easy Reading Job Profiles Just click on the blue job titles for information.


Listening Activity

Soccer Video Games
Listen to the audioor you can choose to listen to it faster
Now fill in what you hear on the paper your teacher gave you.

Practice the Fifa 16 Vocabulary using thie quizlet.

Vocabulary

Study the vocabulary for Migrant Story, Too Small and presentation

Jobs and Occupations

Study the quizlet for Jobs and Occupations

Listening Activity

Listen to the story of Spider Mabel the first track.
Now practice the new vocabulary with the Spider Mabel quizlet

How do I look for a job?

On this link Looking for a Job there are some questions at the beginning to think about. Next, do the 9 exercises. Write down your first score for each exercise. Then do the exercise again and see if you can do better.

Job Interview

Listen to the following Mary's Job interview and think about how she answers the questions. Think about if any of her answers would be good for you, too.

Listening Activity

Listen to the story of the Edmonton Oilers. which is the first track. It is very short.
Now answer the listening questions in Activity 1 and 2 given by your teacher.

Song

Listen to the song Crying Shame and use the Lyrics for "Crying Shame". What does he say is the problem in Syria?

One Last Scar

Audio recording Click on the link. Listen and read along with your book.
Stop and record new words. Complete one Reading Activity for this chapter.

Audio Recording
Click on the link. Listen and read along with your book.
Stop and record new words. Complete one Reading Activity for this chapter.

Family Tree

To make your family tree, download this file and fill it in..

Adjective Order

Practice the Adjective Order by typing the adjectives in the correct order.

Learning English with CBC

Go to this link CBC Jan 11 2016 and listen to the first two stories and fill in the answers to the questions on the sheet.

Hockey

Study these words for The Hockey Sweater
Video from the NFB of Hockey Sweater video animated
Write a newspaper article about "The Hockey Sweater" using the template given in class.To see examples of newspaper articles click on Newspaper Articles To write a good headline read this
To learn more about Hockey Basics listen to this video.
Write a letter to Mr. Eaton using the following document. Be sure to follow the instructions.

Prayer Poster
Find the directions for here.

Hockey Song
Listen to The Hockey Song once.
Then use the paper choose the missing words on the handout.

St.Patrick's Day
Go to this Reading and Quiz on St.Patrick's Day See how you do!

Watch this 1 min video about how The World Goes Green

Children's Book
Use this Story Map Maker to plan your children's story.Don't print until your teacher has looked it over.
Next, use this Plot Diagram Maker to plan the action in your story. Again, don't print until your teacher checks it over.
Websites for free pictures Pixabay another free picture source is Free range but you need to create a login.
How to create a small book

Mother's Day

Study the Mother's Day vocabulary using this quizlet that goes with this Mother's Day Video from the History Channel.

News Fort McMurray

Go to this link Audio Fort McMurray and Firefigthers and listen to the first two stories and fill in the answers to the questions on the sheet.

Victoria Day

Listen to the Victoria Day Audio and try and answer this Online Quiz
Use the quizlet to study Victoria Day vocabulary

Irregular Verbs

Practice Irregular Verbs using this quizlet.
More practice Irregular Verbs 2

Edge Fundamentals Review Unit 4

Use the Edge Fundamentals Unit 4: Cluster 1 and 2 vocabulary to review for the exam.




Visual Elements assignment

For this assignment please copy the document from this link Fill in the document and insert your picture. Email it to Elaine at elaine.muggeridge@ecsd.net by Friday Sept 26.

Famous Heroes

-Famous Hero project. Here is the link to the document that you can download and save to a flash drive to use at home and at school.

Figures of Speech.

Use this link to further practise of definitions and examples of Figures of Speech


January

Grammar Practice: Subject Verb Agreement

1. Practice Subject-Verb Agreement with this quiz that gives the rules to refresh your memory about the rules. Be sure to read the rules.

2. This practice of Subject-Verb Agreement has no tips. See if you remember what you reviewed in #1 above.

3. Additional practice can be found More Subject Verb Agreement and Subject Verb Agreement from Purdue. This weblink has online practice Even more subject-verb agreement but you might want to click on "show all questions" on the top right corner.

Grammar Practice Prepositions

1. Review the Rules for using prepositions with this link.
2. Take the online quizzes on Prepositions of Place and Time that are at the bottom of the last weblink.
3. Take the quiz on Prepositions of Direction. Next take the one on Prepositions of Location
4. Find a partner or play by yourself the Preposition Wheel Game

February

Inferences
Watch this short video about inferences.Inferences This will help you with the in class assignment.

March

St. Patrick's Day
A survey about St. Patrick's Day was taken. The results are in this Use this information to persuade the city council that they should or should not have a festival for St. Patrick's Day.